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Shepton Mallet road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 528 road traffic collisions in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, from 1979 to 2025, and 653 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 83 were serious.

In 2025 police recorded 7 collisions, down from 8 in 2024.

Collisions since 1979
528
1,123rd highest of 2,851 towns
Casualties
653
1.24 per collision
Fatal collisions
4
4 people killed
Serious collisions
83
90 seriously injured
Collisions in 2025
7
8 in 2024
Casualties in 2025
7
8 in 2024

Road collision statistics for Shepton Mallet

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal40.8%
  • Serious8316%
  • Slight44184%

What the data shows

  • Shepton Mallet had 70 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 44% fewer than the 124 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 16% of collisions in Shepton Mallet were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 102 children under 16 were killed or injured in Shepton Mallet, 16% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 35% of collisions in Shepton Mallet.

Where Shepton Mallet ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
1,123rd
Most casualties
1,138th
Most fatal collisions
1,561st
Most serious collisions
1,275th

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday73 (14%)
  • Tuesday78 (15%)
  • Wednesday75 (14%)
  • Thursday81 (15%)
  • Friday82 (16%)
  • Saturday77 (15%)
  • Sunday62 (12%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight401 (76%)
  • Dark, street lights lit105 (20%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown9 (1.7%)
  • Dark, no street lighting9 (1.7%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit4 (0.8%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway432 (82%)
  • Roundabout74 (14%)
  • One way street or slip road14 (2.7%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph15 (2.8%)
  • 30 mph474 (90%)
  • 40 mph16 (3%)
  • 60 mph22 (4.2%)
  • 70 mph1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds424 (80%)
  • Raining, no high winds63 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds3 (0.6%)
  • Fog or mist2 (0.4%)
  • Snowing with high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other17 (3.2%)
  • Not recorded8 (1.5%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant371 (57%)
  • Pedestrian103 (16%)
  • Motorcyclist93 (14%)
  • Cyclist57 (8.7%)
  • Other vehicle occupant9 (1.4%)
  • Van occupant8 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)5 (0.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant4 (0.6%)
  • Minibus occupant2 (0.3%)
  • Agricultural vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Shepton Mallet road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Shepton Mallet, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Shepton Mallet peaked at 24 in 2002; 2025 had 7.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 7
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202577
202488
2023911
202277
2021910
202022
201988
2018710
201755
201688
201579
201479
201377
20121013
20111115
20102127
20091010
20082226
20071418
20061520
20051618
20041931
20031012
20022429
20011011
20001113
19991222
19981624
19971819
1996912
19951520
19941518
19931011
19921516
19911416
19901112
19891014
19881417
19871218
1986710
19851417
19841215
1983710
198255
198199
19801012
1979912

Map of recent crashes in Shepton Mallet

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Shepton Mallet

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  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Shepton Mallet

The 24 most recent collisions in Shepton Mallet happened between 19 January 2023 and 23 December 2025.

Severity

Crashes by road in Shepton Mallet

The A371 has the most collisions in Shepton Mallet, 130 of 528 (25%), followed by the A361 (100).

Collisions in Shepton Mallet on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA371130162120
2ndA361100129019
3rdA3785118219
4thB3136567107

Council area for Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet is in Somerset, where police recorded 70,092 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Shepton Mallet accounts for 0.8% of them.

Postcode district for Shepton Mallet

All 528 collisions in Shepton Mallet were in the BA4 postcode district.